Didactic Learning

Didactic LearningThe Didactic Learning Focus Area is supported by the appropriate didactic educational deans. The table below identifies the RTF focus area status of each recommendation or decision followed by a membership roster including the primary and deputy focus area leader. The following initiatives have been approved by senior leadership to move forward as part of the COVID-19 Recovery process.

Didactic Learning Video Update

UMB Approved Initiatives

IssueStatus
Return to in-person didactics In Progress for Fall 2021

 

Return to in-person Didactics

In Progress

DescriptionDate ApprovedExpected Completion
  • Recommends policies that enable and facilitate in-person and virtual teaching and learning, and coordinates to ensure classrooms are equipped to handle hybrid learning in a safe and accessible manner.
 3/31/21

 Fall 2021

 

Focus Area Roster

Primary Focus Area Leader

Karen Faraone, DDS, MA
Associate Dean, Student Affairs
Clinical Associate Professor, Prosthodontics
University of Maryland School of Dentistry

Deputy Focus Area Leader

Barbara Gontrum, JD
Senior Associate Dean
University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

Focus Area Members

Jane Briggs
Director, Facilities and Planning
Universities at Shady Grove

Andrew Coop, PhD
Professor and Associate Dean, Academic Affairs
University of Maryland School of Pharmacy

Denise Meyer
Associate Director, Environmental Services
University of Maryland, Baltimore

Luke Mowbray, MS
Interim Director, Real Estate, Planning, & Space Management
University of Maryland, Baltimore

Christine Cestone, PhD 
Executive Director, Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning
Program Director and Associate Professor, PhD in Health Professions Education
University of Maryland Graduate School

Patricia Meehan, DDS, BSN
Associate Dean, Academic Affairs
Clinical Assistant Professor, Periodontics
University of Maryland School of Dentistry

Kate Noonan, PhD, MSEd
Senior Director, Special Projects for the Dean
University of Maryland School of Dentistry

David Gray, JD, PhD
Jacob A. France Professor of Law
University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

DeVang Patel, MD, FACP
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director of Pre-Clerkship Curriculum
Director of Telemedicine & Medical Education, Infectious Diseases

Diane Marie St. George, PhD
Associate Professor
MPH Program Director
Vice Chair, Academic Programs, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health
University of Maryland School of Medicine

Maeve Howett, PhD, APRN, CPNP-PC, IBCLC, CNE
Professor and Associate Dean, Baccalaureate Education
University of Maryland School of Nursing

Amanda Lehning, MSW, PhD
Associate Professor and Associate Dean, Academic Affairs
University of Maryland School of Social Work

Clark Shah-Nelson, MA, DBA Candidate
Assistant Dean, Instructional Design and Technology
University of Maryland School of Social Work

Corey Shdaimah, LL.M., PhD
Daniel Thursz Distinguished Professor of Social Justice
Academic Coordinator, MSW/JD and MSW/MPP Dual Degree Programs
University of Maryland School of Social Work

 

Legal Advisors

Allison Levin, JD
Staff Attorney
Office of University Counsel
University of Maryland, Baltimore 

Irma Robins, MBA, JD
Deputy General Counsel
Office of University Counsel
University of Maryland, Baltimore